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Recently added: Online Class: Whale Tale Journal with Catherine Jordan | Online Class: Star Spangled Sampler with Dawn Fisher | ICC: The Sampler Family Tree with Carolyn Standing WebbOnline Class: Blustery Conditions with Terri BayGCC: Guanin Gourd Flower | Online Class: Haystacks of Giverny with Katherine Diuguid | This Quarter’s GCC Lightning RoundsVirtual Lecture Series

  • A Basic Study of Schwalm Embroidery with Barbara M. Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    ICC, Surface Embroidery

    A Basic Study of Schwalm Embroidery introduces the student to the beautiful style of whitework from Germany known as Schwalm Embroidery.

  • Avondale with Carol Currier
    Taught by Carol Peao Currier (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    Avondale is an exploration of a summer garden using basic crewel embroidery stitches in interesting combinations.

  • Bargello and Design with Gail Stafford
    Taught by Gail Stafford (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    Bargello and Design is a course designed for intermediate and advanced stitchers who want to create their own square Bargello samplers. The class focus is to design a sampler, and Bargello is the type of canvas embroidery used in the design.

  • Beginner’s Hardanger with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    On Beginner's Hardanger students will learn the basic techniques of Hardanger with the option of stitching in a solid color or experimenting with Watercolours®.

  • Beginning Teneriffe Lace with Jonalene Gutwein
    Taught by Jonalene Gutwein (view bio)

    GCC, Lace

    Beginning Teneriffe Lace will give you the basics of the beautiful needlelace technique of Teneriffe. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. Register here!

  • Crazy Quilting with J. Marsha Michler
    Taught by J. Marsha Michler (view bio)

    ICC, Quilting

    Learn new skills in Victorian Crazy Quilting in this comprehensive Individual Correspondence Course that will bring you to a mastery level of this much-loved art and craft.

  • Design for Needlework with India Hayford
    Taught by India Hayford (view bio)

    ICC, Design

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Design for Needlework with India Hayford is for the technically adept embroiderer who wishes to create unique embroideries.

  • Embroidery with Mixed Media with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D

    Study the amazing possibilities of four cool “new” mixed media materials on Embroidery with Mixed Media. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. Register here!

  • Enchanted Summer with Linda Wyszynski
    Taught by Linda Wyszynski (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D

    Enchanted Summer is a mixed technique embroidery design utilizing a broad spectrum of supplies.

  • English Smocking with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    ICC, Smocking

    On this Individual Correspondence Course, students will learn common smocking and accent stitches and master correct tension as they work a series of samplers.

  • English Summer with Cheryl Sharp
    Taught by Cheryl Sharp (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    On English Summer you will learn how to prepare the fabric, transfer designs, and set up an embroidery on stretcher bars among other things.

  • Finishing with Flair with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Finishing

    Finishing with Flair is a notebook Group Correspondence Course covering three useful techniques for finishing needlework and instructions for lacing needlework for framing. Available as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. Register here!

  • GCC Encore: A Touch of Fall with Jane Ellen Balzuweit
    Taught by Jane Ellen Balzuweit (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    A Touch of Fall is created using a 17th century white work technique, Dresden Lace, a combination of pulled thread and surface embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Ancestree with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    On Ancestree you will work on a tree of life design that will feature five generations of your family.

  • GCC Encore: Cosmos with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery, GCC Encore

    Cosmos introduces students to needle painting, one of the most realistic forms of surface embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Daydreams with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, Schwalm

    Join Barbara Kershaw in Daydreams, a Group Correspondence Course focused on Schwalm embroidery, a beautiful form of German whitework embroidery traditionally worked on an off white evenweave linen with white thread.

  • GCC Encore: Desert Strands with Becky Autry
    Taught by Becky Autry (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Desert Strands combines 18 different stitches with blocks of Russian drawn thread.

  • GCC Encore: Fall Colors, A Study in Rozashi with Margaret Kinsey
    Taught by Margaret Kinsey (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Fall Colors is a study in traditional Rozashi embroidery. The leaves, the water, the water lines, the sky, background are a study in the stitches that are traditional to Rozashi.

  • GCC Encore: Fandango with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, GCC Encore

    Fandango is focused on Punto Antico, one of many beautiful styles of Italian whitework embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Jacobean Fantasy with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    GCC, GCC Encore, Silk and Metal

    Giving new interpretation to designs of the seventeenth century and blending them with the silk and metal of the twenty-first, in Jacobean Fantasy, we will create an exquisite floral design on silk fabric with detached sheer fabric.

  • GCC Encore: Mythical Myrtle with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Explore the magnificent stitches of Casalguidi embroidery in Mythical Myrtle.

  • GCC Encore: The Princess and the Pea with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Teacher Marion Scoular's interpretation of the beloved fairy tale includes pattern darning, Blackwork, Hardanger (no cutting!) and a small amount of surface stitchery, all explicitly covered in a 26-page, well-illustrated booklet.

  • Guanin: Gourd Flower with Margaret Kinsey
    Taught by Margaret Kinsey (view bio)

    GCC, Silk and Metal

    Guanin: Gourd Flower with teacher Margaret Kinsey is a study of Silk and Metal Threads for beginners. In this study, the beginning student will work with gold twist, #5 Japan gold, #7 gold check thread, Copper pearl purl, copper twist, copper check purl, #1 Copper, and silk floss. The ground fabric is silk satin with a cotton backing fabric.

  • Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    Our Group Correspondence Course Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt is an opportunity for the student to learn a variety of finishing techniques for use with counted thread work and to create a lovely four-piece set of needlework accoutrements.

  • How Does Your Garden Grow? with Carol Currier
    Taught by Carol Peao Currier (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    How Does Your Garden Grow? is a study of basic crewel stitches and techniques. The design is worked on crewel linen or linen twill in your choice of color.

  • Introduction to Metal Thread Embroidery with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    ICC, Silk and Metal

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Introduction to Metal Thread Embroidery is an in-depth study of the techniques of metal thread embroidery that will introduce the student to the shimmer of real gold and silver on fabric.

  • Keeping in Shape with Gwen Nelson
    Taught by Gwen Nelson (view bio)

    GCC, Beading

    On Keeping in Shape, the student uses various techniques such as circular and flat peyote to make a necklace with 13 three-dimensional beaded pieces.

  • In Maharajah’s Elephant you will learn the technique of canvas appliqué and explore tent, rice, eyelet, swirl, mosaic, satin stitches, among others.

  • Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D

    On our Group Correspondence Course Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric, you will mark and paint one design onto needlepoint canvas and one onto silk fabric.

  • More Than a Rose with Melinda Sherbring
    Taught by Melinda Sherbring (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    More Than a Rose is a small piece designed to introduce students to some stitches and raised work techniques used on English sweet bags ca. 1600. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. Register here!

  • Online Class: B Sampler with Dawn Donnelly
    Taught by Dawn Donnelly (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration, Previously Offered

    In our online class B Sampler with Dawn Donnelly you will stitch a sampler of stitches containing the letter B in the title. Registration: September 7 - October 5, 2022. Class schedule: January 4 - February 1, 2023.

  • Online Class: Blustery Conditions with Terri Bay
    Taught by Terri Bay (view bio)

    Online Course, Coming soon

    Blustery Conditions will lead the stitcher through a review of the basics of Hardanger such as kloster, cable, and blanket stitches, then continue onto more advanced filling stitches and techniques. Registration: April 5 - May 3, 2023. Class schedule: July 5 - August 16, 2023. 

  • Online Class: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie by Sarah de Rousset-Hall
    Taught by Sarah de Rousset-Hall (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    In Box Making: Parisian Patisserie by Sarah de Rousset-Hall you will create a beautiful embroidered box, reminiscent of the beautiful boxes seen in the patisseries of Paris, containing all sorts of delicate treats. Registration: October 5 - November 2, 2022. Class schedule: January 4 - February 1, 2023.

  • Online Class: Embroidered Sequin Butterfly Card with Connie Chow
    Taught by Connie Chow (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    In Butterfly Greeting Card with Connie Chow you will be making two wonderful large butterfly sequin greeting cards. This is a great course for beginners as basic stitches such as stem stitch and a modified satin stitch will be taught as well as how to apply beads and sequins to fabric. Registration dates: December 7 -  January 4, 2023. Class schedule: March 1-8, 2023.

  • Online Class: Haystacks of Giverny with Katherine Diuguid
    Taught by Katherine Diuguid (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Taking inspiration from Monet’s haystacks, students will learn a non-traditional approach to quilting and embroidery. Digitally printed images will be layered and stitched to create a composition unique to each student. Registration: February 1 - March 1, 2023. Class schedule: May 3-24, 2023.

  • Online Class: Star Spangled Sampler with Dawn Fisher
    Taught by Dawn Fisher (view bio)

    Online Course, Coming soon

    This patriotic sampler was designed as a tribute to the original Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write our National Anthem. During this class, students will learn over 30 unique stitches: two stitches for each of the 15 red, white, and blue stripes, plus two variations of the Star Eyelet. Registration: May 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023. Class schedule: August 2, 2023 - September 13, 2023.

  • Online Class: Starlight Angel with Kurdy Biggs
    Taught by Kurdy Biggs (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    On this class with teacher Kurdy Biggs we will bring Star Light to life using a stitch library consisting of variations of the Crescent stitch, along with Jessicas, Walnetos, and Mistake stitches. Registration: January 4, 2023 - February 1, 2023. Class schedule: April 5, 2023 - May 17, 2023.

  • Online Class: Whale Tale Journal with Catherine Jordan
    Taught by Catherine Jordan (view bio)

    Online Course, Open Registration

    Explore the possibilities of adding color, shading and highlights to simple black work! This class will begin with outlines of the whale and waves; with easy-to-understand instructions, the whale will come alive and be tossed about on a sea of waves with simply the addition of pH neutral textile paint. The back cover is reserved for the maker’s or receiver’s mark in a nautically themed compass. An easily finished and secure four-sided edging completes this small treasure. A fun class for those ready to take their work to the next level with the addition of color, shading and highlights! Registration dates: Registration: March 1 - April 5, 2023. Class schedule: June 7 - July 19, 2023.

  • Papillon is an introductory course on filet embroidery. In this 5-lesson course participants will learn briefly about the history of filet work.

  • Perfectly Counted Crosses with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    In Perfectly Counted Crosses you will learn how to create a sampler that will dazzle those who see it with perfectly executed crossed stitches.

  • Rainbows Bend: A Course on Color Theory with Carole Rinard
    Taught by Carole Rinard (view bio)

    ICC, Color Theory

    From color wheels to how to use color in your own work, our Individual Correspondence Course, Rainbows Bend: A Course on Color Theory is a comprehensive study of color.

  • Reticello Needle Book with Jonalene Gutwein
    Taught by Jonalene Gutwein (view bio)

    GCC, Lace

    This Group Correspondence Course is the next step for the experienced drawn thread enthusiasts who wish to begin learning the technique of reticello. It incorporates the pulled 4-sided stitch, the cutting of threads in both directions, satin stitched edges, and needle weaving.

  • In Shimmering Dreams, ever-larger sparkling squares rotate around a shiny central medallion to finish in a star silhouette.

  • Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    ICC, Silk and Metal

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery is an in-depth study of the various techniques of silk and metal thread embroidery.

  • Snowflake Ball with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    The Snowflake Ball is a three-dimensional, beaded needlework ball. You don’t have to understand geometry to stitch this fun piece.

  • Spring Splendor with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    On Spring Splendor you will learn couching, filling with purls, blending long and short over padding and how to transfer your patterns and twist flat silk. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through May 31, 2023. Register here!

  • Star-Spangled Puzzle Ball with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    Star-Spangled Puzzle Ball offers the opportunity to discover the joy of taking counted thread embroidery into three dimensions by creating a “puzzle ball.”

  • Sweet Bag Sewed of Silver and Gold with Melinda Sherbring
    Taught by Melinda Sherbring (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    Stitch an embroidered bag like the ones that were in style in England from the mid-1500s to the mid-1600s on Sweet Bag Sewed of Silver and Gold.

  • Symphony with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC

    Work on a beautiful, pulled thread set comprising of an embroidery pouch and smalls that will be a wonderful addition to your sewing basket.

  • Taming the Stash Monster with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D, Organization

    Get your stash under control with our course Taming the Stash Monster: Clearing your stash, purchasing strategies, archival storage, inventory and more.

  • Techniques for Canvas Embroidery with Diane Herrmann
    Taught by Diane Herrmann (view bio)

    ICC, Canvas

    Our Techniques for Canvas Embroidery Individual Correspondence Course is an in-depth study of the various techniques used in canvas embroidery.

  • Thank Goodness It’s Finished with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    GCC, Finishing

    Thank Goodness It’s Finished teaches a variety of skills needed to assemble embroideries into their final form.

  • The Art of Teaching Embroidery with Kay Stanis and Carole Lake
    Taught by Kay Stanis & Carole Lake (view bio)

    ICC, Teaching

    Are you interested in becoming a better teacher? Do you have questions about developing classes, text, kits, or visual aids? Or do you have questions about the practical aspects of teaching, finances, contracts, time management or proposals? Then our Individual Correspondence Course The Art of Teaching Embroidery is for you.

  • The Sampler Family Tree with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    ICC

    Samplers are one of the most recognizable of the forms of historical embroidery. This Individual Correspondence Course with teacher Carolyn Standing Webb will help you to explore the history that is the family tree of samplers with all of the different branches.

  • Virtual Lecture 25: A Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art with Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
    Taught by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    A California woman traveled to the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India to manage an economic development fund. In a twist of fate, she ended up sewing pictures of buddhas instead. She ultimately learned that a path is made by walking it, and some of the best paths are made by walking off course. Recording now available!

  • Virtual Lecture 26: Elizabethan Embroidery And The Trevelyon Miscellany Of 1608 with Kathy Andrews
    Taught by Kathy Andrews (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Thomas Trevelyon, a London craftsman of whom little is known, created his miscellany in 1608 when he was about 60 years old. Join Kathy Andrews for a brief overview of the concept of a miscellany. We will see a facsimile of the Miscellany and explore the embroidery designs within. Participants will see both period and current examples of embroidered pieces whose designs are inspired/taken from the Miscellany. Recording now available!

  • Virtual Lecture 27: Making My Bed: Creating imaginative worlds with 3D embroidery with Salley Mavor
    Taught by Salley Mavor (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Artist Salley Mavor will talk about her 40+ year career creating imaginative worlds with 3-dimensional embroidery. The presentation will cover a wide range of artistic adventures, from illustration to doll-making to stop-motion animation, all done in her signature hand-stitched style. This is an opportunity to take a behind the scenes peek at Ms. Mavor’s innovative process, which incorporates embroidery, fabric, and found objects. Live Lecture Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: March 27 - April 14, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • Virtual Lecture 28: Bojagi, Stitching and Wrapping Happiness with Youngmin Lee
    Taught by Youngmin Lee (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Bojagi (Korean Wrapping Cloths) are pieced together from small scraps of cloth. It is the most unique form of Korean textile art. Bojagi occupied a prominent place in the daily lives of Koreans of all classes. They were used to wrap or carry everything from precious ritual objects to everyday clothes and common household goods and also to cover food. It is also strikingly contemporary: the designs and colors of bojagi remind one of the works of modern abstract artists. Bojagi can be described as a true form of abstract expressionism. Youngmin Lee will talk about bojagi during this lecture and show her bojagi works after the lecture. Live Lecture Date: Saturday May 20, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: April 28 - May 18, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • Virtual Lecture 29: How to Research an Antique Sampler with Cindy Steinhoff
    Taught by Cindy Steinhoff (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    An antique sampler reveals some of its physical characteristics and often some information about the girl who stitched it, but what else can it tell us? Cynthia Shank Steinhoff will discuss how she learns more about the samplers she collects and researches. The result is a full documentation of a sampler’s appearance and history. Many of the characteristics that she identifies for older samplers can be used to provide a full description of a needlework piece made today. Live Lecture Date: Sunday, June 11, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: May 21 - June 9, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • Virtual Lecture 30: The History and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry with Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
    Taught by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    This talk discusses its history, both the history depicted on the Tapestry and the history of the Tapestry over the almost 1000 years of its existence, including a few narrow escapes. Mysteries of the tapestry include questions about what some scenes depict (the Latin phrases on the cloth are sometimes very inadequate) and who commissioned, designed, and embroidered it. Live Lecture Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: June 16-July 6, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • White On White Crazy Quilted Wallpiece with J. Marsha Michler
    Taught by J. Marsha Michler (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D, Crazy Quilting

    White On White Crazy Quilted Wallpiece is an introduction to crazy quilting that presents this artful form of quilting with a small project.